# Amazon Echo control: Connection error - Bad request **URL:** \ **Category:** Bindings\ **Created:** [June 22, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606 "2026-06-22T11:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![m4rk](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/m4rk/32/49247_2.png) [@m4rk](https://community.openhab.org/u/m4rk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/1 "2026-06-22T11:28:59Z")
Up to date OH5, RPi4, [amazon.de](http://amazon.de) Hi, I noticed in my logs for a while now the following error message. It happens hourly or if I disable and re-enable the amazon account thing ```auto 04:09:36.598[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request05:09:36.825[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request06:09:37.138[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request07:09:37.779[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request08:09:39.161[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request09:09:39.962[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request10:09:39.509[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request11:09:40.345[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request12:09:41.893[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request ``` ```auto 13:15:02.298[WARN] [org.openhab.core.model.script.Network] - Amazon account thing changed to INITIALIZING13:15:02.317[WARN] [org.openhab.core.model.script.Network] - Amazon account thing changed to OFFLINE (CONFIGURATION_PENDING): Wait for login13:15:03.704[WARN] [org.openhab.core.model.script.Network] - Amazon account thing changed to ONLINE13:15:18.673[WARN] [org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request ``` I tried logging out of amazon and reregistering. TFA is used. Didn’t help. Anyone else or just me? ---
**Author:** ![sihui](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/sihui/32/55674_2.png) [@sihui](https://community.openhab.org/u/sihui)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/2 "2026-06-22T11:33:14Z")
> [@m4rk](#): > > Anyone else Yes. ---
**Author:** ![m4rk](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/m4rk/32/49247_2.png) [@m4rk](https://community.openhab.org/u/m4rk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/3 "2026-06-22T11:33:41Z")
I’ll wait then ---
**Author:** ![dk8pn](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/dk8pn/32/190605_2.png) [@dk8pn](https://community.openhab.org/u/dk8pn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/4 "2026-06-22T11:39:41Z")
> [@m4rk](#): > > Anyone else or just me? See the same messages, especially today. Have 5 Echos and after a couple of years i conclude: its nice if it works out, but its of a complexity in the meantime, that always something different isn’t working out for unknown reason 😜 . ---
**Author:** ![m4rk](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/m4rk/32/49247_2.png) [@m4rk](https://community.openhab.org/u/m4rk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/5 "2026-06-22T11:49:26Z")
I have currently10 active echo’s, 5 offline/spare(Some guests do not like them ‘listening’). Mostly the binding works for me since upgrading to OH5 and ‘last voice command’ was fixed. I use them a lot for voice commands, commands with room awareness and text to speech info and alerts from openHAB rules. I miss the voice info badly when it is not working. I forgot to say … The bug I reported here does not seem to affect the binding from working for me. ---
**Author:** ![alaub81](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@alaub81](https://community.openhab.org/u/alaub81)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/6 "2026-06-27T14:48:38Z")
Same here, I can see the messages, when an announcement is send to my echos. But At the moment everything is working fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mogfrog](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Mogfrog](https://community.openhab.org/u/Mogfrog)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/7 "2026-06-29T11:54:28Z")
is there anything I can do for this warning : 2026-06-29 12:22:47.767 [WARN] [ntrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: [https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications](https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications) failed with code 400: Bad Request . I have not found any solution at all ☹ OH Version 5.2.0M6 ---
**Author:** ![scheuerer](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/scheuerer/32/47609_2.png) [@scheuerer](https://community.openhab.org/u/scheuerer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/8 "2026-06-29T16:58:23Z")
Same here, some Message in the logfile, but without any Impact on the Features I use…. ---
**Author:** ![alaub81](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@alaub81](https://community.openhab.org/u/alaub81)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/9 "2026-07-01T16:45:01Z")
Am I now the only one, where the notifications on the echos aren’t working. ---
**Author:** ![Piffer](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/piffer/32/61780_2.png) [@Piffer](https://community.openhab.org/u/Piffer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/10 "2026-07-02T06:29:54Z")
I have one of those messages coming up once every hour, but all notifications work nevertheless. ```yaml [WARN] [ntrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: https://alexa.amazon.de/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request ``` ---
**Author:** ![helmar74](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/helmar74/32/7319_2.png) [@helmar74](https://community.openhab.org/u/helmar74)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/11 "2026-07-03T09:42:35Z")
I also get this message, frequently every 30 minutes on OH 5.1.4 and also on OH 5.2.0 RC2: `[WARN] [ntrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: `[`https://alexa.amazon.de/api/notifications`](https://alexa.amazon.de/api/notifications)` failed with code 400: Bad Request` TTS Output on Echos is working ---
**Author:** ![funcat](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@funcat](https://community.openhab.org/u/funcat)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/12 "2026-07-11T13:12:59Z")
I have also these message every hours : ```auto \[WARN \] \[ntrol.internal.connection.Connection\] - \[OH-thingHandler-386\] - Failed to get notifications: https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request ``` ---
**Author:** ![alaub81](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@alaub81](https://community.openhab.org/u/alaub81)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/13 "2026-07-11T15:16:08Z")
I created a GitHub issue, let’s see if someone finds out, what’s the problem. > > > \## Expected Behavior > Nor Warning in the Logs. > > \## Current Behavior > there is a re…peating warning in the openhab.log: > > \`\`\`txt > \[WARN \] \[ntrol.internal.connection.Connection\] - Failed to get notifications: https://alexa.amazon.de/api/notifications failed with code 400: Bad Request > \`\`\` > > \## Steps to Reproduce (for Bugs) > 1. Installing amazon echo binding > 2. add an echo as THING > 3. have a look in \`openhab.log\` > > \## Your Environment > \* openHAB 5.2 > \* Amazon Echo Binding 5.2 ---
**Author:** ![Tdsnet](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Tdsnet](https://community.openhab.org/u/Tdsnet)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/14 "2026-07-12T19:03:43Z")
Hi, I also get this message, on OH 5.1.4, every time I start a timer from one echo. `[WARN] `[ntrol.internal.connection.Connection] - Failed to get notifications: [https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications](https://eu-api-alexa.amazon.com/api/notifications) failed with code 400: Bad Request TTS Output on Echos is working, but the “next\*” triggers are no longer fired. ---
**Author:** ![helmar74](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/helmar74/32/7319_2.png) [@helmar74](https://community.openhab.org/u/helmar74)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/amazon-echo-control-connection-error-bad-request/169606/15 "2026-08-15T06:28:26Z")
Same here in OH 5.2.1: Failed to get notifications: [Amazon Anmelden](https://alexa.amazon.de/api/notifications) failed with code 400: Bad Request